South Africa - Johannesburg - Cape Town - Durban
Well, you will all know that I returned to the UK for less than a week following my round-the-world-trip. Well, I needed that time to recover from jetlag, boy was it bad! Between sleeping, and …
8th Mar 2007 - South Africa - hits: 367
USA - Las Vegas
I caught the greyhound bus from LA to Las Vegas and it took about 7 hours. Most of the journey was through the desert, so it was just miles and miles of dry land that we passed. The sun set just…
26th Feb 2007 - United States - hits: 330
USA - Los Angeles
Getting through the airport in Los Angeles took awhile to say the least. The quesues were really long and processing of the passports was slow. Each passport controller looked like they had just…
23rd Feb 2007 - United States - hits: 320
Raratonga
Raratonga is a Pacific island and one of the islands in the group of islands called the Cook Islands. It is only 32km in circumference so it is easy to get around as the bus travels in either a …
17th Feb 2007 - Cook Islands - hits: 304
Fiji Islands
Manon and I met at Auckland airport and flew to Fiji. We had not seen each other for a few weeks and so we had a lot to catch up on so chatted the whole way there (a good thing as the…
10th Feb 2007 - Fiji - hits: 347
NZ - Rotaruao - Taupo - Auckland
Rotarua We moved onto Rotarua making a stop in Waitomo so that people could go caving. I had hoped to give quad biking a go but no one on my new bus was doing it so I couldn't. I then lost…
6th Feb 2007 - New Zealand - hits: 261
NZ - Hahei - Raglan
On returning from the Bay of Islands I continued my journey around the North Island. Again, due to time, I chose a route which only took in parts of the north island because I wanted to be able…
3rd Feb 2007 - New Zealand - hits: 145
NZ - The Bay of Islands
The Bay of Islands is a group of about 144 islands north of Auckland. We had a full day on the bus but did make a few stops enroute including a walk in a national park and a stop at Goat Island …
28th Jan 2007 - New Zealand - hits: 150
NZ - Wellington - Taupo - Auckland
Wellington I made my way to the North Island on the ferry. It was a very hot day and I sat inside so as not to get burnt and played cards. I must say that I think the sun is stronger here in New…
22nd Jan 2007 - New Zealand - hits: 150
NZ - Wanaka - Queenstown - Christchurch
Wanaka We left Makarora in the morning and headed for the town of Wanaka. Lake Wanaka actually starts from Makarora so it is rather large, and in fact in some parts it is 400m deep. Before…
15th Jan 2007 - New Zealand - hits: 312
